Animation Topics

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                           General Animation Topics

Category

Description

FunFunny animations - bring a smile
Fantasy Fantasy world - where ever your imagination leads you
Futuristic Anything related to the future
WeirdAnything weird
SurrealAnything odd or dreamlike
Model Car3D Models of cars
Model Plane3D Models of planes
Model OtherAny other models
GeneralAnything else

 

                     Educational Specific Animation Topics

Physics

Subject

Description

Kettle Boiling
forces behind a kettle boiling including a kettle whistling
Plane Landing show the forces with the smoke coming from a wheel when a plane lands
Gun Firingshow prinicples and forces behind how a gun/cannon sends a projectile
Fan Rotation
how it blows air
Boat
Principles behind the water mark
CarHow speed impacts braking such as between speeds: 1. 20mph 2. 30mph 3. 50 mph
Kick a Ball
forces and motion involved when a ball is kicked
Crane
load and balance of a crane

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Nature

Subject

Description

Plant Growing
  1. simulate an experiment with 3 grass patches
  2. grass receiving water and sunlight
  3. grass covered (gets no sun or water)
  4. grass receiving sun light but not watered
Ice
The changes from water to ice and back to water
Waves
  1. how they are formed and break on the shore
  2. how they are formed and break on the shore
  3. Soil erosion as the wave breaks sand is washed away, erosion prevention techniques through building a break
Tsunamihow they form, fast travelling wave to the large devastating wave on the shore
Prism
Rainbow, light refraction through a prism to form a rainbow
Fire
strike a match, friction, heat to a flame
Candle Burning
he process and changes to wax, wick as a candle burns
Pollination how insects pollinate flowers
Atoms
Atom to cell to an object which can be seen
Forest Fire
Firestorm and how a fire spreads quickly
Weather
  1. Weather scenarios can be a series of differing weather patterns
  2.  hurricanes
  3. tornadoes
  4. cloud formations
  5. Rain
ChemistryTypes of DNA and comparison
Helix
How and where they occur and differences

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Biology

Heart

Subject

Description

Earsound capture and transmission to brain
Heart - pumping, blood flowing
Muscle
Muscle - how a muscle works
Lungs
how they work, breathing to exhaling
Gillspurpose, how they work, water movement through the gill
Hair
hair gowth
Teeth
Tooth Decay, how a tooth decays, plaque buildup
Teeth
Teeth Layout, description of the various teeth from baby to child and then to adult
BloodBlood Cells - the different types of blood cells and blood groups (blood transfusions)
Virushow a virus attacks the body, how the immune system fights back
Skin
Skin layers
Eyes
how they work

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Maths

Subject

Description

Fraction
Half, quarter and eighth - animate through cutting a pie
AreaPractical maths, measure a room size for carpet buying and laying (rectangular and circle sizes)
VolumePractical maths, required amount of water to fill a swimming pool (rectangular and circular)
TrajectoriesCannon ball trajectory - show various trajectories of a cannon ball
Sailing
  1. Sailboat (create a series from basic to advanced scenarios)
  2. simple overview a sailboat works, tacking, downwind
  3.  Explain the mathematics, forces, drag, thrust, air pressure
  4.  Use of the keel, how a boat can go faster than the wind, sideways movement etc
Ships
  1. Ship Loading, could be a series 
  2. Plimsoll and Waterline - affect on the plimsoll line as a ship is loaded
  3. Load spreading, how container ships are load is spread
AccelerationDrag racing - from lights out to the finish line, simulate - 0.25 mile drag with clock showing time taken
VelocitySpeed Camera - how they work, calculate the speed of a car
Helix
maths behind the curves
Sound WavesMusic - pluck a string, vibration creates sound, sound waves and resonance

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Space

Orbit

Subject

Description

Lunar
Lunar Eclipse - what happens and what we see on earth
Lunar
Moon Phases - explain the various phases
Solar
Solar Eclipse - what happens and what we see on earth
Planets
Planets in Solar system - guide to the planets
Comets
The makeup of a comet, orbit and how it travels
Orbit
Orbit - satellite, types: 1. Geo stationary 2. Other
Orbit
Planets, moons and the sun
Meteor
Meteorite - how it burns up on entry
Meteor
Craters - how meteorits create them
Rockets
launch and the various rockets, stages and usage
Helix
occuring in space

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AeroDynamics

Subject

Description

FlightPlane wing lift - show how wing design and air pressure enables a plane to fly
FlightPlane Flaps - show how a planes flaps, rudder and elevators control the movement
CarCar cornering racing car aerodynamics : a car wing keeps a racing car on the track whilst cornering

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Signals

Subject

Description

Telephone
A signa travels from phone to phone
Radio
Signal travels from the tramsmitter to receiver
Mobile
Mast, position and signals, why a signal is lost in a tunnel
TV
Signal travels from the tramsmitter to receiver
Tin Cans
Sound travels down a wire through tin cans
Satellite
Transmission to satellite then back the ground dish
Radar
Signals bounce from the object back to the radar

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Gravity

Subject

Description

Moon & Earth
Differences between gravity on the moon and earth
Vacuum
Difference when objects dropped (e.g. hammer and feather) in a Vacuum
Earth RotationPlane Flying - 2 planes 1 flying clockwise and the anti clockwise are not affected by the earth rotation - same speed
MotionJump in a fast moving train and you land in the same place (show forces)
Bouncing BallBall bouncing - how a ball is affected by gravity as it bounces
plumb LinePlumb line - spirt level (how the bubble or line moves as you change the angle)
Water
Plug hole - direction as water spins down a plug hole

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Earth

Subject

Description

Dinosaurdepict the various periods across a timeline with examples of the relevant dinosaur and land masses
Earth history
Significant periods through a timeline
Earthquake
how a building shakes and collapses due to an earthquake
Earthquake
Building design can prevent it from collapsing
Volcano
Eruptions - various types
Volcano
Destructive power
Flood
a river breaks it banks and causes a flood
light
how light cast shadows
Geography
Longitude and Latitude

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Engines

Subject

Description

Wind Generator
A wind turbine creates electricity
Hydro Electricity Generator
A hydro electric turbine creates electricity
Windmill
Wind and the forces involved to turns the blades
Pump
The mechanics behind a pump
Piston
A piston engine at work
Turbine
A Turbine engine at work

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General

Subject

Description

FirewallA firewall protects a computer (like the front door of a house, ope/closed)
Crane
A crane build another crane such as for a tall building
Compass
The dial, the needle, the poles and where it points urbine creates electricity
WindmillWind and the forces involved to turns the blades
PumpThe mechanics behind a pump
PistonA piston engine at work
TurbineA Turbine engine at work

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